Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Stand your ground

  • Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law wasn't always so controversial.
  • (Time)
  • For far too long, violence targeting young people of color has been tolerated, even condoned, in the United States. The killing of Trayvon Martin is part of a horrific history—one that can only be stopped if all of us, of all colors, take a stand.
  • (Common Dreams)
  • MIAMI -- A judge has dismissed a murder charge against a man who chased and fatally stabbed a suspected thief, citing the same self-defense law at the center of the Trayvon Martin case.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • The fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., has reopened debate about the state's stand your ground law.
  • (MiamiHerald.com)
  • NASHVILLE — Tennessee is one of at least 20 states that have the "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law that has been at the center of a national debate since a neighborhood watchman killed an unarmed black teenager in Florida last month.
  • (Nashville Tennessean)
  • The Treyvon Martin shooting in Florida has spurred a massive organized effort to repeal so called Stand Your Ground laws not just in Florida, but in other states, including Georgia.  Even the federal government has gotten involved, with Sen.
  • (Examiner)
  • Several black state legislators are calling for faster action on the Trayvon Martin shooting than sought in Gov. Rick Scott's order, including a special session of the Legislature to reconsider the "Stand Your Ground" law.
  • (Tampa Bay Online)

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